@TrueBlueEG8 I entirely agree, that's exactly how I feel about the great man and his music. It now has 20 dislikes, a sure sign there's some fucked up people in this world. Ralph McTell said if you don't like this you have no soul...
19 dislikes? This speaks volumes about today's world. This is not music, it is actually pure magic in the form of sound, and if you can't appreciate it, you should just give up on life entirely.
Heart and soul all over this from one the great muso's in my book and that of many others who were fortunate enough to be blessed by his incredible wealth of songs like this masterpiece.Still gets to me having heard it when it was first released over 30 years ago when I lived in England. A great loss, but his spirit lives on.
John Martyn is one of the most gifted singer/songwriters that britain has ever produced. Pure raw emotion. Some people will never get it but the people that do should sit back and experience 8 minutes of sheer genius that is very hard to come by, especially from this day and ages standards. RIP John!
oh, i wish i could get this exact version on cd. I have a one world special with this on live, but, to me this is the most perfect version, of the most perfect track, of the most perfect artist that ever existed.. God (I don't believe in him in the conventional sense, though if ever there was a reason to, this is it) bless you John. XXX
Over a dozen dislikes for this gem of a performance??? ( It's a pity that you don't have to sign your name to your vote......then we could hunt ye all down. lol. )
What a genius can do with a guitar and a loop of recording tape. Played this the evening he died with the lights off and candles around the room. Still tears my heart out with the visions of the lake, mist and geese.
Get goose bumps whenever I hear this. The man was a genius, a troubled genius, but one none the less. This along with Solid Air will last the test of time.
One of may favourite songs of all time.and such a beautiful perfomance.. this guy was blessed . If you like this then also check out Glenn Hughes "Coast to Coast" Soul Sessions... also right up there.
ma wee mammy passed away 1 month ago and i had to listen to this to ease my soul a wee bit, two of the most special people in my life now gone, if youve got a mother tell her you love her b4 its too late..rip x
A truly, truly beautiful hymn to the night. I've heard literally millions of songs and own thousands of CDs but i don't know if i've ever heard anything as achingly beautiful as this.
My mum used to hang out with John, before I was born, when she was living in a student flat in Byres Road, Glasgow, in the late '60s.. I found her old records back in the '80s when I was in my early teens, and he was one of the people who inspired me to pick up a guitar and learn how to play it. I still come back here, in the Small Hours, for a little Scottish Soul-Music.. I wish I'd had the chance to jam with him before he passed on. Rest in peace, brother.
Just discovered a recording of this concert on dvd that I'd forgotten I'd recorded (and forgot to label!)...must've been a good night :-P ..... Its made my day........ oh yes,good times! :))
The dislikes are from people that live in a closet full of pop music. And never come out.
Open your ears, open your soul, open your hearts. Bob Marley loved John, as did Big Youth and many people like John Lyndon. So, he crossed many rivers, and built many kingdoms, that people from every music culture, lived in.
It says 14 people don't like. What's not to like? Doesn't matter if you are into this school of music or not. If one can't see and hear the genius and incredible expression of this extraordinary man then one shouldn't listen to music at all, in my humble opinion.
This is truly unbelievable. Over 270,000 people have been touched by this i'm sure. How this great man, artist, musician performs this is not of this world. There is a god, a heaven and if john plays this for the man above, he will be touched too.
always fascinated when i watch him ply the guitar its like he takes it and pulls stretches it twangs it in about every way like a kid does with its favourite toy yet its pure brilliance that comes out >>one man who certanly knows what he,s doing is >>JOHN MARTYN! ,,R.I.P X
Oh My GOD JM, i love all your stuff and i have managed to get hold of "AND" after much searching. can not get over the loss of you JM i have never felt music move my heart like yours does. i will have this played at my funeral too like a lot of JM fans this is the one to depart too. and for all you JM fans listen to hes "got all the whiskey" if i said its stunning i would be playing it down xxxx
Always arrive here after a few wines. Always blown away. Saw him live 3 times, not nearly enough, but thank god for small mercies. Bless you john, thank you, absolute genius.
@bettyfrascati You're one of the lucky ones. I discovered him far too late but I'm glad I eventually found this, it's a truly beautiful piece of music.
Haunting words to haunting music. I heard this first when it was being played in the University of Pennsylvania's bookstore music department back when it first came out and I and some other guy all but rushed to the counter to find out what this music was.
Oh, and I long wondered what instrument was being played. Hey, I knew this guy was a great guitarist, but I'm still amazed at the sounds he made ...
@MetalMachineManiac I got it: FFCCGD chords are like XXXX1213, XX10101012, XX888810, XX33355, XX1113, just messing up and down the neck you should work it out. Ended up writing the song of my life with the new tuning, john's spirit running through me! Hope you work it out ok...
@BillMinworth Jungle has always been called jungle since about 1993 Drum n bass has been called drum n bass since about 1995. They're both still called that to this day! :-)
@eatmycomments It's timeless, pardon the pun. It's the approach to the music and it's delivery that get's picked up on. Nick Drake is another influence often cited. You might not think it's there but it is. Another example is drum n' bass/jungle or whatever it's called this week. It's the 60's speeded up on acid!! all those wub wub wub bass frrequencies is probably what Hendrix heard but wasn't if you get my drift.
just read his biography! bit of a boy by all accounts! there's a photo in the middle taken in hastings on the beach. my old dope dealer is the one in the front row with the big bottle of piss!! small hours? swall fuckin' world!!!
@kingdantje Quite right it is a Maestro Boomerang Vol/Wah pedal (sometimes called a Gobson Boomerang pedal) and an EP2 Echoplex - sheer magic. You can get a similar effect with a De Armond Vol pedal and delay. All the best.
fantastic and haunting, the best ever-sadly missed,i have 29 cds, two of them signed by the bigman, theyre going to my 4 year old boy-aj when i go join him up there, if you write john martyn 50 into search youl find a nice wee surprise i uploaded, its an old vcr recording he did for his 50th birthday, hope you enjoy it , rip bigman x
A shining example of what one human being can do to push the boundaries of music and bring us all a bit closer together in the process. A perfectionist, a pain in the a**, a real musicians' musician - and a gorgeous man.
I still miss him. I hope to God you're still playing in heaven when I get there John. (Probably sold out - probably still with a Pint of Bass Beer in your hand! LOL!)
The first thing i ever heard from this man in my small hours in 1981 --i was awoken to a king --this is a true artist -- all these years later he still moves my soul -- God what a wonder - what a well of beauty ...
Thanks for posting this. Stunningly beautiful music and lyrics written & performed by just one guy with some help from a little box of electronics, a wee sip of something strong and a small "cigar". Fair play to you John for living your life to the full and leaving us this life-affirming and heart-warming song, something to encourage us in the small hours.
I was blessed to see John ,LIVE(X2),in the mid(?) 80's...Solid Air 'Days' -he was already fat,and a wee bit 'Over the Hill'......but beautiful! I'd have given everything to have seen him live in 'The Tumbler' Days : especially singin' 'DUSTY'......or any songs off 'Bless the Weather'...yet i realize I'm still a lucky B'tard'!!!!creashonrebel@yahoo.com
Managed to get a good version of this going with a Strat, a Danelectro Reel Echo and a Slow Motion swell pedal. Will try and stick on Youtube if I can get my webcam working. Such a bloody shame he's gone.
This is in my top 10 favourite songs of all time, Probably in my top 5 actually. Its just one of those songs where there are little lyrics and the music does the talking. Love it. RIP John Martyn
Prestonboy, I am Irish and I saw John Martyn the year after that performance in Dublin in 1979 and I thought they were f&@£*n binoculars... but at the end of the show when the drink wore off I knew they weren't. Magic show... by one of the greats!
John a racist, I suppose I should have realised, with all the shit he blurts out with, that he would direct some our way one day. Only blinkered people feel the need to perpetuate untruths, as demonstrated by John here.A shame really that he should have such a destructive, hidden(when performing) "talent", to go with his obvious one.
@Scoob505 I am pretty sick, I've seen evidence of it with him before, but not so obvious. But I knew very well. You see , he wrote and sang about that which was unobtainable, to him, so I do understand, I'm just disgusted.
@davidoffon Probably a rangers fan. Brought up in ignorance in wherever he came from in Scotland. can't really blame him but to say that shit like that is just unforgiveable.
@Scoob505 I wooden go that far. He is , though unaware so, informing us of his own deficiency's. Check out "Japanese ukulele boy", two different Japanese boys with amazing talent, the better one(Beatles) is going to be huge, he's only 5.
Tears. And you know John, the Small Hours. We all have to end.The days, the hours getting smaller and smaller. And we keep on loving. With you. With someone who made such a great music.
can someone tell me how to get these awesome effects?!
Olimpus3500 1 day ago
blackmill :>
azure465 1 day ago
I was definitely born in the wrong era. I'm at uni now and all we get is terrible rappers... would have loved to seen John live
dunpinta 3 days ago
Reminds me of looking out across the ocean on a moon lit night
Bluemoon5789 5 days ago
@TrueBlueEG8 I entirely agree, that's exactly how I feel about the great man and his music. It now has 20 dislikes, a sure sign there's some fucked up people in this world. Ralph McTell said if you don't like this you have no soul...
amac101275 2 weeks ago
19 dislikes? This speaks volumes about today's world. This is not music, it is actually pure magic in the form of sound, and if you can't appreciate it, you should just give up on life entirely.
TrueBlueEG8 2 weeks ago
Is that guitar a Martin D 28? Anyone know?
EpicSunTube 2 weeks ago
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EpicSunTube 3 weeks ago
I need to get out of this house
Staplesz 3 weeks ago
Heart and soul all over this from one the great muso's in my book and that of many others who were fortunate enough to be blessed by his incredible wealth of songs like this masterpiece.Still gets to me having heard it when it was first released over 30 years ago when I lived in England. A great loss, but his spirit lives on.
Treforlutionz58 1 month ago
Eighteen DISLIKES ???? Get a fucking grip people.
BuntyManBand 1 month ago
it's so good, it brought tears to my eyes
RAKKER004 1 month ago
John Martyn is one of the most gifted singer/songwriters that britain has ever produced. Pure raw emotion. Some people will never get it but the people that do should sit back and experience 8 minutes of sheer genius that is very hard to come by, especially from this day and ages standards. RIP John!
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oh, i wish i could get this exact version on cd. I have a one world special with this on live, but, to me this is the most perfect version, of the most perfect track, of the most perfect artist that ever existed.. God (I don't believe in him in the conventional sense, though if ever there was a reason to, this is it) bless you John. XXX
bettyfrascati 2 months ago
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bettyfrascati 2 months ago
genius
VELOCITYSQUARED 2 months ago
Over a dozen dislikes for this gem of a performance??? ( It's a pity that you don't have to sign your name to your vote......then we could hunt ye all down. lol. )
DamianNixon 3 months ago
What a genius can do with a guitar and a loop of recording tape. Played this the evening he died with the lights off and candles around the room. Still tears my heart out with the visions of the lake, mist and geese.
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Miss ya big man. Peace.
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allcreditdue 3 months ago
Get goose bumps whenever I hear this. The man was a genius, a troubled genius, but one none the less. This along with Solid Air will last the test of time.
So will all his music to be honest
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lincsdarra 3 months ago
John Martin and his orchestra!
anitadavideduo 3 months ago
what's his tuning on this,.. anyone know ?
302199jerry 3 months ago
@302199jerry CFCCGD as far as I know.
007onlytaller 2 months ago
One of may favourite songs of all time.and such a beautiful perfomance.. this guy was blessed . If you like this then also check out Glenn Hughes "Coast to Coast" Soul Sessions... also right up there.
bensmethurst 3 months ago
ma wee mammy passed away 1 month ago and i had to listen to this to ease my soul a wee bit, two of the most special people in my life now gone, if youve got a mother tell her you love her b4 its too late..rip x
hashyhead 3 months ago
@hashyhead Sorry for your loss lad. God rest her. Your soul will probably never ease but that's the price you pay for all the love you got. Damian
DamianNixon 3 months ago
A truly, truly beautiful hymn to the night. I've heard literally millions of songs and own thousands of CDs but i don't know if i've ever heard anything as achingly beautiful as this.
God bless you big man
smilingjeff 3 months ago 2
when i listen the music of John Martyn i feel sad and happy together!
Thank you John!!
petediesel1 3 months ago
Fucking miss you man, this is soul music.
Goose4Lu71 3 months ago 3
My mum used to hang out with John, before I was born, when she was living in a student flat in Byres Road, Glasgow, in the late '60s.. I found her old records back in the '80s when I was in my early teens, and he was one of the people who inspired me to pick up a guitar and learn how to play it. I still come back here, in the Small Hours, for a little Scottish Soul-Music.. I wish I'd had the chance to jam with him before he passed on. Rest in peace, brother.
Craneskin 4 months ago
Beautiful.....miss you man!
smallmercy 4 months ago
Just discovered a recording of this concert on dvd that I'd forgotten I'd recorded (and forgot to label!)...must've been a good night :-P ..... Its made my day........ oh yes,good times! :))
purplejash 4 months ago
The dislikes are from people that live in a closet full of pop music. And never come out.
Open your ears, open your soul, open your hearts. Bob Marley loved John, as did Big Youth and many people like John Lyndon. So, he crossed many rivers, and built many kingdoms, that people from every music culture, lived in.
TheMrgaztop 4 months ago 30
@TheMrgaztop Well said!
leeemo1 4 weeks ago
the first live music i ever went to see because of my mum and it could of been worse something like tom jones worse
taitofritters 4 months ago
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taitofritters 4 months ago
Quite simply one of the most incredible natural musicians I've ever seen or heard. Couldn't read music, he just instinctively knew what was right.
copperfield3629 4 months ago 3
just the best i have evrer heard live - al
tritonormore 5 months ago
Truly beautiful, what's not to like for goodness sake? A masterpiece!
bobseymourmusic 5 months ago
Sublime!!!!
wuckle 5 months ago
Who would envy the world view of those who dislike this?
deltanine100 6 months ago
@deltanine100 Not me!!!!
wuckle 5 months ago
It says 14 people don't like. What's not to like? Doesn't matter if you are into this school of music or not. If one can't see and hear the genius and incredible expression of this extraordinary man then one shouldn't listen to music at all, in my humble opinion.
cyprescrow 6 months ago 2
He was on crack right there. Poor guy.
Scoob505 6 months ago
@Scoob505 Special Brew morelike. Not sure crack was available then...well one type was I suppose
Rikk303 6 months ago
This is truly unbelievable. Over 270,000 people have been touched by this i'm sure. How this great man, artist, musician performs this is not of this world. There is a god, a heaven and if john plays this for the man above, he will be touched too.
setantaman1 6 months ago
Singular. All great players stand apart, not because of their speed, but because of their understanding of time. He stands with time now.
Mjollnir1234 6 months ago
Beautiful
ashby123 6 months ago
AMAZING ... THX * JM ... MK ....
Marquartt23 6 months ago
perfection
caramelrocket 6 months ago
I can't believe I've never heard this before, but I've just listened to it 5 times. So so good.
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markjmcwilliams 7 months ago in playlist John Martyn
This is the best thing on YouTube.
markjmcwilliams 7 months ago in playlist John Martyn 22
always fascinated when i watch him ply the guitar its like he takes it and pulls stretches it twangs it in about every way like a kid does with its favourite toy yet its pure brilliance that comes out >>one man who certanly knows what he,s doing is >>JOHN MARTYN! ,,R.I.P X
johnboymathieson 7 months ago 3
Oh My GOD JM, i love all your stuff and i have managed to get hold of "AND" after much searching. can not get over the loss of you JM i have never felt music move my heart like yours does. i will have this played at my funeral too like a lot of JM fans this is the one to depart too. and for all you JM fans listen to hes "got all the whiskey" if i said its stunning i would be playing it down xxxx
Vickijayce 8 months ago
I want this played every day...... Not just at my funeral.
TheJoshLuxton 8 months ago
Always arrive here after a few wines. Always blown away. Saw him live 3 times, not nearly enough, but thank god for small mercies. Bless you john, thank you, absolute genius.
bettyfrascati 8 months ago 4
@bettyfrascati You're one of the lucky ones. I discovered him far too late but I'm glad I eventually found this, it's a truly beautiful piece of music.
Aspire85 7 months ago 2
@lukec98 you need to give your dad a big hug :)
jontyvictor 8 months ago
John Martyn possessed the power of subtlety and delivered with a torrent of emotion, breathtakingly beautiful song.
mel11172 8 months ago
Keep on loving while your love is strong ...
Keep on loving till your love is gone away ...
Haunting words to haunting music. I heard this first when it was being played in the University of Pennsylvania's bookstore music department back when it first came out and I and some other guy all but rushed to the counter to find out what this music was.
Oh, and I long wondered what instrument was being played. Hey, I knew this guy was a great guitarist, but I'm still amazed at the sounds he made ...
BedBugAcres 9 months ago
35 years ago - we used to get zoned out to this on tape in the back seat of our dad's Lancia on holidays to France before motorways - magic!
shinytinhead 9 months ago
anyone know the guitar tuning for this?
danarazzi 9 months ago
@danarazzi DADGAD possibly...im trying to find the tuning myself.
MetalMachineManiac 9 months ago
@MetalMachineManiac I got it: FFCCGD chords are like XXXX1213, XX10101012, XX888810, XX33355, XX1113, just messing up and down the neck you should work it out. Ended up writing the song of my life with the new tuning, john's spirit running through me! Hope you work it out ok...
danarazzi 9 months ago
@danarazzi good on you mate!! Thank You!!!
MetalMachineManiac 9 months ago
music evolves. John didn't need to
guyh7073 9 months ago
Sounds like Brian Eno on guitar.
Nekhben1 9 months ago
@BillMinworth Jungle has always been called jungle since about 1993 Drum n bass has been called drum n bass since about 1995. They're both still called that to this day! :-)
Pupenhausen 9 months ago
c. 2 mins in – is this where the Police nicked the idea for 'walking on the moon'?
headphonauts 9 months ago
If you like john Martyn you may also like Ruby Colley
delawarr1970 9 months ago
This is where trip hop started!
BillMinworth 10 months ago
@BillMinworth
that's what i've thought about a few of his tunes, sounds really modern?
eatmycomments 10 months ago
@eatmycomments It's timeless, pardon the pun. It's the approach to the music and it's delivery that get's picked up on. Nick Drake is another influence often cited. You might not think it's there but it is. Another example is drum n' bass/jungle or whatever it's called this week. It's the 60's speeded up on acid!! all those wub wub wub bass frrequencies is probably what Hendrix heard but wasn't if you get my drift.
BillMinworth 10 months ago
this week`s listen....
ssweetthing 10 months ago
Puts life into perspective
villainandfox 10 months ago
R.I.P. Thank you John for your Music, for your Art and all the emotions. We love you. Forever.
MyPierone1 10 months ago 2
was he racist against irish people?
Scoob505 10 months ago
@Scoob505 I don't think so seeing as he spent a very long period of his life living in Ireland and perhaps married an Irish woman.
kingdantje 9 months ago
wow absolutely superb
ALfaDuB101 10 months ago
Puts the shallow to shame.
stevejonahman 10 months ago
Robert Smith is covering this for a John Martyn tribute album out in July!
curedtc4 11 months ago
just read his biography! bit of a boy by all accounts! there's a photo in the middle taken in hastings on the beach. my old dope dealer is the one in the front row with the big bottle of piss!! small hours? swall fuckin' world!!!
dukeapeman 11 months ago
don't know too much 'bout this guy, but he sounds like he was born with that guitar in his hands. so effortless, really sweet sound.
russforky 11 months ago
does anyone know what effect he uses? is it echoplex?
yardling 11 months ago
@yardling Echoplex with some sort of volume pedal, which I think is also made by maestro.
kingdantje 11 months ago
@kingdantje Quite right it is a Maestro Boomerang Vol/Wah pedal (sometimes called a Gobson Boomerang pedal) and an EP2 Echoplex - sheer magic. You can get a similar effect with a De Armond Vol pedal and delay. All the best.
piptaylor99 10 months ago
fantastic and haunting, the best ever-sadly missed,i have 29 cds, two of them signed by the bigman, theyre going to my 4 year old boy-aj when i go join him up there, if you write john martyn 50 into search youl find a nice wee surprise i uploaded, its an old vcr recording he did for his 50th birthday, hope you enjoy it , rip bigman x
hashyhead 11 months ago
Other than watching bikini contest videos, this video of Martyn is all that youtube is good for.
dac8781 11 months ago
A shining example of what one human being can do to push the boundaries of music and bring us all a bit closer together in the process. A perfectionist, a pain in the a**, a real musicians' musician - and a gorgeous man.
I still miss him. I hope to God you're still playing in heaven when I get there John. (Probably sold out - probably still with a Pint of Bass Beer in your hand! LOL!)
kiwizoo1970 11 months ago 2
A wonderful voice that wraps around you and keeps you warm! absolute Genius, what a desperate loss
chasdo 11 months ago
i miss john. so very much.
kaini 11 months ago
He died today 2 years ago...Im feeling a John Martyn night tonite...r.i.p. john..nothing like some late night john...
aliceDEMbonez 1 year ago 2
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ssxdreams 1 year ago 2
@ssxdreams It's to avoid instant censorship from the copyright owners...
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18pws 1 year ago
The first thing i ever heard from this man in my small hours in 1981 --i was awoken to a king --this is a true artist -- all these years later he still moves my soul -- God what a wonder - what a well of beauty ...
teabag141 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. Stunningly beautiful music and lyrics written & performed by just one guy with some help from a little box of electronics, a wee sip of something strong and a small "cigar". Fair play to you John for living your life to the full and leaving us this life-affirming and heart-warming song, something to encourage us in the small hours.
fredinstead55 1 year ago
John! you're beautiful on this track and will forever be!..
ALLAN25115760 1 year ago
John! you're beautiful on this track and will forever be!..
ALLAN25115760 1 year ago
Magic...........
mundeville 1 year ago
I got a minute in before I started crying, god I wish he hadn't died.
bellowheadfan 1 year ago 2
I was blessed to see John ,LIVE(X2),in the mid(?) 80's...Solid Air 'Days' -he was already fat,and a wee bit 'Over the Hill'......but beautiful! I'd have given everything to have seen him live in 'The Tumbler' Days : especially singin' 'DUSTY'......or any songs off 'Bless the Weather'...yet i realize I'm still a lucky B'tard'!!!!creashonrebel@yahoo.com
Mangosunsplash 1 year ago
Beautifully atmospheric and soul reaching..None of the so called music today can reach one as this does...RIP John
jusstinbb 1 year ago
13 dislikes
how can this be.......
bangform 1 year ago 19
@bangform Seeing that is like being hit in the stomach man, this is too beautiful...
bellowheadfan 1 year ago
@bangform as Ralph Mctell once said 'if that (small hours) doesn't move you there's something wrong with you.'
7777brando 5 months ago
A wonderful piece of music written by a wonderful musician. One man, one guitar, for one world. Brilliant.
wazzafield 1 year ago
Have the studio recording on loop at the moment - brilliant live version.
He really knows how to make the right sounds happen at the right times.
SmudgesWorld 1 year ago
Brilliant!! thanks for putting it up.
oscaroscarful 1 year ago
Wheel of music stoped turnning a long time ago, who will turn it again.
jeannotcamel 1 year ago
so fucking beautiful i think im going to have a stroke
hundhun17 1 year ago
Awful
ChrisSanson 1 year ago
I always listen to this before i go to sleep
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LilyBlabfg 1 year ago
A fantasticly moving song, anyone who dosnt feel anything when listening to this has something realy wrong with them.
mcfisk86 1 year ago
just heard the album version of this tune today. amazing.
dereksmallsuk 1 year ago
i want this played at my funeral.
UrbanGuerilla88 1 year ago 29
@UrbanGuerilla88 You wont hear it though. So play it the day b4 your death . ha ha
dereksmallsuk 1 year ago
@UrbanGuerilla88
Same here.
mattjdgrande 1 year ago
@UrbanGuerilla88
Yes think I do too....
ssweetthing 11 months ago
@UrbanGuerilla88 Me too. The man was a master.
HereIsmarcus 9 months ago 2
@UrbanGuerilla88
Well hurry up and die then and we can put it on the stereo!!!
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MonkeyHunch 4 months ago
Love ya Foomphei
awaitthegroom 1 year ago
Amazing how something so amazing comes from just 1 man 1 pedal and an acoustic guitar
StereophonicZappa 1 year ago
I love you John. I will love more than i ever thought was possible. . .this song is basically enlightenment.
solidheir 1 year ago
@solidheir awww so sweet of you and he is heart breathtakingly good!
kristlkrost 1 year ago
Managed to get a good version of this going with a Strat, a Danelectro Reel Echo and a Slow Motion swell pedal. Will try and stick on Youtube if I can get my webcam working. Such a bloody shame he's gone.
AndyHN34 1 year ago
This is in my top 10 favourite songs of all time, Probably in my top 5 actually. Its just one of those songs where there are little lyrics and the music does the talking. Love it. RIP John Martyn
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11 people have no taste in music
japanesexxx 1 year ago
*up
captaingoatbeard7 1 year ago
Was he gonna say "pass the marajuana" or "pass the hamlets?" Can't make uo my mind....
captaingoatbeard7 1 year ago
beutiful music rip john..
bodalollox 1 year ago
This guy is way way underappreiciated for his talent.
JazzyFrizzle5 1 year ago
absolutely gobsmacked. Amazing grace of the man.
nymanmusic 1 year ago
Music for the soul! a masterpiece
jamiemcgeechan 1 year ago
Amazing!! Thank you!
Stavcol 1 year ago
f''k me gently with a whale this is so good!!
dereksmallsuk 1 year ago
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever created,this is John in his prime,sink back,close your eyes and drift away. :)
smb1967 1 year ago
nice category of this film... animals? wtf
jamarilkontratakuje 1 year ago
john martyn your the man, RIP
bid84 1 year ago
awesome awesome awesome
laynesfan 1 year ago
wonderful
MarkMayes1965 1 year ago
Possibly my favorite Youtube video. I still love it!
endofsomething 1 year ago
Robert Smith!!!
Takac1979 1 year ago
Prestonboy, I am Irish and I saw John Martyn the year after that performance in Dublin in 1979 and I thought they were f&@£*n binoculars... but at the end of the show when the drink wore off I knew they weren't. Magic show... by one of the greats!
cncronin 1 year ago
John a racist, I suppose I should have realised, with all the shit he blurts out with, that he would direct some our way one day. Only blinkered people feel the need to perpetuate untruths, as demonstrated by John here.A shame really that he should have such a destructive, hidden(when performing) "talent", to go with his obvious one.
davidoffon 1 year ago
@davidoffon I was a huge fan of him until that.
Scoob505 1 year ago
@Scoob505 I am pretty sick, I've seen evidence of it with him before, but not so obvious. But I knew very well. You see , he wrote and sang about that which was unobtainable, to him, so I do understand, I'm just disgusted.
davidoffon 1 year ago
@davidoffon Probably a rangers fan. Brought up in ignorance in wherever he came from in Scotland. can't really blame him but to say that shit like that is just unforgiveable.
Scoob505 1 year ago
@Scoob505 I wooden go that far. He is , though unaware so, informing us of his own deficiency's. Check out "Japanese ukulele boy", two different Japanese boys with amazing talent, the better one(Beatles) is going to be huge, he's only 5.
davidoffon 1 year ago
Tears. And you know John, the Small Hours. We all have to end.The days, the hours getting smaller and smaller. And we keep on loving. With you. With someone who made such a great music.
skylo10 1 year ago 27
Actually listening to this in the small hours puts it all in to perspective. John, we miss ya...
captaingoatbeard7 1 year ago
3:01 my heart hits the floor.
mertz123 1 year ago 2
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AndyHN34 1 year ago
Could very just be a rolled cigarette. They're awfully common in the UK.
Sclone 1 year ago
amazing
RadioheadEmperaYES 1 year ago
notice at 2:13 the "small cigar". what a fucking performance
mertz123 1 year ago
Fantastic Post!!!! Cheers...
buzz834 1 year ago
que groso este tipo.
elojoblindado79 1 year ago
A true piece of music. This is the sort of song you'll never forget for the rest of your life. Love it!
Aspire85 1 year ago
so ridiculously ahead of his time
garrethdavis 1 year ago
This is "the shit."
bohemiandonut 1 year ago
@bohemiandonut u compleat arseole
megadavva 1 year ago
@megadavva huh?
bohemiandonut 1 year ago
@megadavva I think bohemiandonut means 'this is quite good'
taffboyslim 1 year ago
@bohemiandonut
'The Shit' = Awesome :D
mattjdgrande 1 year ago
fucking love this
taylorian10 1 year ago
amazing =')
blazflis 1 year ago
in 1978 almost 30 years foward!!
BUZZUBUZZU 1 year ago
fantastic jus unreal
makaveli88888 1 year ago
sublime
tinfaces 1 year ago
this really does clense the soul.
UrbanGuerilla88 1 year ago
I discovered this guy when the BBC showed a tribute to him a few years ago.He may no longer be with us but his music most certainly is.
hospitalfood1074 1 year ago